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Robert Allison Fetzer (September 9, 1887 – May 19, 1968) was an American football coach, track and field coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Davidson College in 1914 and as co-head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with his brother, Bill, from 1921 to 1925, compiling a career college football record of 35–13–5. Fetzer was also the head track coach at North Carolina from 1921 to 1952 and the school's athletic director from 1923 to 1952. He was later the executive secretary of the Morehead Foundation at North Carolina. Fetzer died on May 19, 1968, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.[1]
![]() Fetzer pictured in 1938 Yackety Yack, North Carolina yearbook | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Cabarrus County, North Carolina, U.S. | September 9, 1887
Died | May 19, 1968 80) Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S. | (aged
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1914 | Davidson |
1921–1925 | North Carolina |
1926–1930 | North Carolina (assistant) |
Track | |
1921–1952 | North Carolina |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1923–1952 | North Carolina |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 35–13–5 (football) |
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Davidson (Independent) (1914) | |||||||||
1914 | Davidson | 5–1–1 | |||||||
Davidson: | 5–1–1 | ||||||||
North Carolina Tar Heels (Southern Conference) (1921–1925) | |||||||||
1921 | North Carolina | 5–2–2 | 2–1 | 5th | |||||
1922 | North Carolina | 9–1 | 5–0 | T–1st | |||||
1923 | North Carolina | 5–3–1 | 2–1–1 | 8th | |||||
1924 | North Carolina | 4–5 | 2–3 | T–14th | |||||
1925 | North Carolina | 7–1–1 | 4–0–1 | 3rd | |||||
North Carolina: | 30–12–4 | 15–5–2 | |||||||
Total: | 35–13–5 |
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